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This critique of Richt is so fact free it makes Mark Bradley look like the Encyclopedia Britannica. Consider all of these assertions (from a relatively short piece), made without any supporting data:
- "But Mark Richt has created an atmosphere in Athens to where there have been a number of players, past and present, that do not respect the discipline methods of their head coach."
- "In some of his player's eyes, he is a pushover."
- "And since Richt has been in Athens, he has traditionally been known to be the most relaxed in the SEC on handling discipline to his players (Spurrier and Stephen Garcia aside)."
- "Suspension of players for a quarter of one game, a half of another, or maybe a suspension during a non-conference opponent such as New Mexico, Georgia Southern, or Wyoming." (Yes, I know that's not a complete sentence.)
- "Then there are coaches like Gene Chizik, Nick Saban, and Les Miles that have mixed a tough discipline policy with newer ideals than those from a generation or two ago and have had national championship success."
I could spend a lot of time picking this crap apart bit by bit – his suspension data is a total departure from reality, for example – but I think I'll just settle for a quote from Janoris Jenkins about another coach well known for mixing discipline policy with newer ideals:
"No doubt, if Coach Meyer were still coaching, I'd still be playing for the Gators," says Jenkins, a star cornerback and a potential first-round draft pick whom Muschamp booted from UF's team after being arrested twice for possession of marijuana during the offseason. "Coach Meyer knows what it takes to win."
Funny, those newer ideals sure sound a lot like the older ones.
Look, I'm not going to sit here and proclaim that Mark Richt does a perfect job with discipline. No coach does. Nor do I have any particularly direct insight into how Georgia players feel about their head coach's approach to handling behavior problems. Neither does Taylor King, though.
But here's what I do know: Isaiah Crowell's path to being the number one running back was cleared in part by one predecessor being dismissed from the team by Mark Richt and another being dismissed for academic problems. Both strike me as sending pretty clear messages about accountability. If those did not sink into Crowell's conscious thinking, what exactly does Taylor King suggest would do the trick? Public stoning?
(As a side note, if Richt's "lack of discipline is the major reason that Mark Richt has failed to bring home a national championship to Bulldog nation", how can one explain Richt winning ten out of the eleven games he's coached in the Tech series? Is Paul Johnson that bad a head coach?)


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Azerbaijan prides itself on its secularism and is discomfited by what it sees as Iran's attempts to spread Islamic influence in the region. Many Azerbaijani politicians publically refer to their nation as "North Azerbaijan," insinuating that Azeri-speaking areas of Northern Iran are rightfully part of the Azerbaijani Republic. Azerbaijan's "bunker mentality" is unsurprising given its history and precarious geopolitical location. A former Soviet republic sandwiched between Russia—who helped Azerbaijan's western neighbor, Armenia, expel ethnic Azeris from Nagorno-Karabakh during the early 1990s—and Iran, Azerbaijan is a small nation inhabiting a volatile region it experiences as increasingly hostile.
Iran, for its part, sees the existence of a neighboring secular Shia state as a threat to the very integrity of the Islamic Republic. This fear may not be as ludicrous as it sounds. An estimated 20 percent of Iran's population is Azeri, and they share close cultural and linguistic ties with Turkey, one of Iran's main regional rivals. Azerbaijan and Israel are also on chummy terms. The secular Shia state is the second leading supplier of oil to Israel. Moreover, since 2001, the United States has frequently used Azerbaijani airspace to access Afghanistan. Iran suspects that the United States is using Azerbaijani intelligence to keep tabs on the region and increasingly fears that Azerbaijan could be the staging ground for an attack by Israel or the United States.
Speaking in Baku last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, addressing growing tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan, said that "there is a danger that it could escalate into a much broader conflict that would be very tragic for everyone concerned." Conflict would likely draw other nations—such as Armenia, Russia, and/or Turkey, into the fray. Still, Azerbaijan will not likely agree to allow Israel or the United States to use its airstrips to attack Iran. Even with its newly acquired weapons, Azerbaijan is dreadfully ill-prepared to face off against its southern neighbor. One only needs to compare the military budgets of Azerbaijan and Iran: $2.8 billion to $7.5 billion, respectively, to see how perilous it would be for Azerbaijan to provoke Iran directly by military action or indirectly by allowing Israel or the U.S. to use its bases as a staging ground for an attack. Moreover, Iran's active army is ten times larger than that of Azerbaijan. As a small country bordering Russia, a nation closely allied with the Islamic Republic, Azerbaijan has much more to lose than it does to gain should conflict ensue.
Azerbaijan's recent weapons purchases should be seen as an attempt to aggrandize itself militarily vis-à-vis neighboring Armenia. Last fall, Armenia reportedly purchased 60 tons of used weapons from Moldova, a move that the Azerbaijani administration decried as having "destabilizing" effects in the region. But even with its most recent arms purchase, Armenia's military pales in comparison to that of Azerbaijan. Armenia spends approximately $400 million a year on its military, or one-seventh as much as Azerbaijan. Armenia's army is also substantially smaller.
Azerbaijan's recent arms purchases are self-defeating. Due to the arguably solid alliance of Iran, Russia, and Armenia, conflict in the region would be dangerous at best—and perilous at worst—for Azerbaijan. Moreover, in addition to being limited geographically and militarily, Azerbaijan lacks allies among its closest neighbors. Even though Azerbaijan wants Armenia out of Nagorno-Karabakh, it is a mistake to think that this outcome—or any outcome desired by Azerbaijan—could be brought about by arms purchases that prepare the nation for a conflict from which it could not benefit.
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Not too long ago, Liam had no fingers on his right hand. The South African five-year old was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome, which causes amputation of digits before birth. But since November, Liam has been using a series of prosthetic hands designed by two men living on opposite sides of the planet, using open source software and 3D-printing technology.
Now, those two men—Ivan Owen in Bellingham, Washington and Richard Van As in South Africa—have published the design for Robohand, the mechanical hand prosthesis, on MakerBot's Thingiverse site as a digital file that can be used to produce its parts in a 3D printer. They've intentionally made the design public domain in the hopes that others around the world who don't have access to expensive commercial prosthetics (which can cost tens of thousands of dollars) can benefit from it.
The project began with a mechanical hand Owen made for a science fiction convention in 2011. He works for a school supply business during the day, but he also works from home creating special effects. When a video of Owen demonstrating the oversized hand went viral, it got the attention of Van As, who had lost most of four fingers on his right hand in a woodworking accident. Van As had been told that prosthetic fingers, such as the X-Finger, would cost him at least $10,000 per finger replaced, so he set about in his workshop trying to design his own.
Van As contacted Owen, and the two started collaborating long-distance and documenting the project on their blog, Coming up Shorthanded. Van As first sent Owen a plastic cast of his hand to use as a reference for design work. Initially, Owen had to physically ship Van As prototypes—a process that was expensive and added weeks to each iteration of their effort.
Last November, the two prepared to meet for the first time. "Our initial plan for the trip in November was to finalize and polish and improve the prosthesis we had designed for Rich," Owen told Ars in an interview. But then Van As got an e-mail from Liam's mother after she discovered the project online. "When he was contacted by (Liam's mother) Yolandi, we decided we would have a go at trying to build an initial prototype for Liam in the space of time that I was there as well. We only had 3 and a half days, so, you know, it was an arduous task, but it was something we felt we should definitely do while we were in the same place at the same time."
When Owen left, Liam had his first prototype hand, but it still needed some work. That work accelerated when Makerbot donated two Replicator 2 printers to the project in mid-January—one for Owen and one for Van As—allowing them to rapidly iterate their designs. "I actually didn't really know much about 3D printing until not too long ago," Owen said. Rich and I have been amazed at how useful it is, even for producing functional parts. It's been an incredible boost to the speed with which we can do this."
Owen has done most of the design work for 3D printed components using OpenSCAD—an open-source 3D computer-aided design modeling program. OpenSCAD isn't an interactive tool; rather, designs are created in a scripting language. Owen, who has a background in programming, taught himself how to use the software to produce the designs.
The OpenSCAD files for Robohand are relatively small—under 2 megabytes—so they can easily be pushed back and forth between Owen and Van As by e-mail. "There have been times Rich and I have been awake at the same time," Owen said, "and I e-mail him a file, and he prints it out, and can send me feedback. And then within 15 to 20 minutes, I can send him a modified version. It's made it a lot more like working right next to each other. Turnaround has gone from two weeks to two minutes."
Earlier this week, Liam received a finalized working version of the hand, printed on the MakerBot. The PLA plastic resin used by the MakerBot machine is strong enough to be used day to day, Owen said. We've found we can control the in-fill percentage—the ratio of plastic to air in the part," he said. "So actually, from the experiments we've done, the force to break the plastic exceeds the strength of the human hand." It also means that, as Liam grows, the design can just be scaled up and reprinted for him; when he's fully grown, the hand could be metal fabricated.
From the beginning, the project was intended to be open-sourced, Owen said. "Rich and I have been very happy to have the opportunity to do this," he explained. "Not only did we find a design partner, but we're kindred spirits in that we're both frustrated by the fact that there are some things that just shouldn't be commercialized—they're needs instead of wants—that are." The pair plan to continue to develop the design as a mechanical prosthesis in the long term because it is low-tech and could be more easily produced and supported around the world. "But if there is somebody who can utilize the design for a robotic prosthesis, we'd be excited to work with them," Owen added.
Owen also hopes to get his hand into the hands of the Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs to help veterans who have lost digits or hands. "I live not too far from Seattle, and [we] have Joint Base Lewis McChord near us," he said. "I would like to talk to on-base occupational therapists. If they have the funding to get a 3D printer, they could work with this—and the cost to produce them for each veteran is brought down because they don't have to pay royalties."


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Weekly permutations: League 1, 12 Mar 2022
These graphics break down how much the league table can change during the next round of fixtures as follows:
- Down the left is the current order if league table, with each club's current league position also indicated by a shaded square in their row.
- Across each club's row is a hollow colour-coded strip showing how they are mathematically capable of moving after the next round of fixtures is over, regardless of how crazy the combination of scorelines would need to be.
- To differentiate between the probable and the possible, inside the strip is a little minimalist column chart showing the relative chance of them ending up in each position based on my ratings model.


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Illinois Supreme Court justice weds gay couples
CHICAGO — A member of the Illinois Supreme Court has presided over two same-sex weddings.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports in a story published Sunday that the two ceremonies performed by Justice Anne Burke included a double wedding last week at a historic mansion in Chicago.
Burke is a Roman Catholic but says she doesn't feel her faith interferes with her judicial responsibilities.
Illinois' new law allowing same-sex marriage took effect statewide earlier this month. However, couples in some counties were able to wed earlier after court rulings.
Burke's view on same-sex marriage contrasts with the Archdiocese of Chicago. Cardinal Francis George was a vocal opponent of the legislation allowing gay couples to wed.
Lawmakers approved it last year after an earlier attempted stalled.


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Wow. So this is fun. I love reading posts from past years and seeing I've learned my lesson…
Every year around this time I say, "It's going to be different." Well, gentle readers, it's not. It's quite the same. Which is to say, I let myself get caught up in a shitstorm of stress and overwhelm by choosing others instead of myself, by over-committing, by working too hard on things that don't bring fulfillment or happiness, by helping everyone but me.
So, last year, my One Word for 2018 was: Self.
It was a good choice. It worked. Some of the time. Not as often as I'd hoped.
The year before that, my One Word for 2017 was Accept. I did not accept anything. I sort of UN-accepted pretty much everything. I faltered. Failed. Moved on.
And…here I go again. Another year, another word, another promise. Despite everything, I really do believe in the power of focus words (and in the power of me not failing). Success to me and my One Word!
It's difficult choosing just one word when we writers love language the way we do, but, unlike past years, it wasn't too bad this time. I'll say right up front, I did shop around for synonyms because it's not a pretty word but, eh, what the hell. Here it is, my friends:
As I said, not the most beautiful word but, seriously, check this out:
- go in a specified direction or manner; change position.
proceed, progress, advance
Proceed? Advance? Count me in.
- change or cause to change from one state, opinion, sphere, or activity to another.
change, shift one's ground, change one's tune
Changing opinion/activity as we speak (or, read, whatever). Already whistling another tune, my friends. Done.
- take action, act, take steps, do something
inspire, prompt, motivate
"she was moved to act"
Dude, just reading this makes me want to DO SOMETHING. Watch me take action. I am motivated! I am moved to act!
- provoke a strong feeling, especially of sorrow or sympathy, in.
stir up (an emotion) in someone
affect, touch, upset, disturb, make an impression on
"I was deeply moved by the story"
This. Yes. This is what I hope to accomplish with my writing so I'm keeping this one in here. I would love to provoke strong feelings in readers. Affect people. Even upset or disturb them with my stories. It's all good as long as it makes an impression.
- make progress; develop in a particular manner or direction.
make progress, advance, develop
I'm marching here. I am. Advancing. Stepping ALL OVER the enemies: self-doubt, imposter syndrome, procrastination, stress, overwhelm… I am making progress!
I'm moving. And 2019 will see another book from me. (Preferably two.) Here's to moving, my friends! ❤
Have you ever taken part in the One Word Challenge?
If you haven't, why not try it? Or think on it a moment and leave one in the comments. What could your focus be this year? I'd love to hear what your One Word is for 2019.


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Are you ready for something fun, my friends?
Today is Perfect Picture Book Friday, so you know we are going to have a review of a great picture book. Plus, because this is Women's History Month, I've chosen a book that celebrates an important Mighty Girl in American history, Clara Lemlich.
But first I want to tell you about a mini-contest. Wednesday was the birthday of the incredible Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. One of his books actually came about because of a bet he made with Bennett Cerf, one of the publishing giants of Random House. Cerf challenged Seuss to write a children's book using only 50 words. And the classic Green Eggs and Ham was born. It's true that the story has over 700 words…but only 50 unique words.
If you are currently writing picure books…or just reading them, you'll notice that the average word length is getting shorter and shorter. So I thought, wouldn't that be a great challenge…to write a story for kids with only 50 words. With a beginning, a middle, and an end. I wondered if I could do it. And I decided to open the challenge to everyone. Here are the guidelines:
- Write a story appropriate for kids ages 12 or under, using only 50 words…they can all be different words, or you can use some of them over and over…just as long as the total word count for the story is 50 or less.
- It can be prose, rhyme, free verse, silly or serious…whatever works for you.
- Title is not included in the word count.
- No illustration notes please.
- Post the story on your blog if you have one and put the link in the comments OR post the story in the comments.
- Deadline for posting the story or the link in the comments is Friday, March 18th…that gives you two weeks.
- Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 19th, in our Will Write for Cookies post.
- Prizes? Of course! In honor of Women's History Month, a copy of Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough. And we'll see what else I can figure out.
- This just in!!!! Kristen Fulton is donating a seat in her April Nonfiction Archaeology class. Just to let you all know…I took her class in June 2014..and that was the step that led me down this path of writing nonfiction picture books. I wrote Sweet Dreams, Sarah the month after the class ended. And I've been writing nonfiction picture books ever since!
- I'm also going to offer a mini-critique of a picture book manuscript…hopefully, after years of writing, revising, and critiquing, my feedback will be helpful.
- Plus, I have a soft spot for mini-books…you know, those tiny books you can hold in the palm of your hand. It's time to share a couple from my collection.
- Stop the presses!!!!! Another GREAT PRIZE has just been donated! My fabulous agent, Essie White, is going to give a critique to one of the winners! Thank you so much, Essie! This contest is shaping up to be so much more than I had ever expected. Thank you so everyone who is posting about it and sharing on Facebook and Twitter!
- Hurray…another great prize!!!! Next Saturday, as I mentioned, when I announce the winners, I'll also be interviewing debut picture book author, Nancy Churnin. So I am adding a shiny new copy of her book, "The William Hoy Story" to the prize pool…woo-hoo!
I've been participating in Carrie Charley Brown's ReFoReMo Challenge. The list of recommended picture books was astounding. Fortunately, my local library is able to get most of the books I request. Plus, they don't have a limit on the number of books you can take out. One of my favorites so far is the story of the girl who led the fight for better conditions for workers in the garment industry. And I thought it was a stellar book to spotlight during Women's History Month.
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Written by Michelle Market
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Publisher: Balzer & Bray (2013)
Ages: 5-9
Themes: Courage, standing up for what is right, working together, labor unions
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"A steamship pulls into the harbor, carrying hundreds of immigrants—and a surprise for New York City."
From Amazon: This is a true story of Clara Lemlich, a young Ukrainian immigrant who led the largest strike of women workers in U.S. history. This picture book biography includes a bibliography and an author's note on the garment industry. It follows the plight of immigrants in America in the early 1900s, tackling topics like activism and the U.S. garment industry, with handstitching and fabric incorporated throughout the art.
When Clara arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of labor, that she was expected to grow up fast.
But that didn't stop Clara. She went to night school, spent hours studying English, and helped support her family by sewing in a shirtwaist factory.
Clara never quit, and she never accepted that girls should be treated poorly and paid little. Fed up with the mistreatment of her fellow laborers, Clara led the largest walkout of women workers the country had seen.
From her short time in America, Clara learned that everyone deserved a fair chance. That you had to stand together and fight for what you wanted. And, most importantly, that you could do anything you put your mind to.
Why I like this book:
- This is a moment in history that comes alive for children and that is what I love about these newer nonfiction picture books. The author paints a picture with her words and the reader and listener are there. Fingers crossed that my Sweet Dreams, Sarah will do this also.
- The wonderful illustrations support the text perfectly…and with text by Michelle Market and illustrations by Melissa Sweet, this is no surprise.
How a parent can use this book and related activites:
- Great read-aloud.
- Springboard for a discussion on how one person can make a difference. What would have happened if Clara hadn't spoken up?
- Talk about people in your family who may have had similar experiences.
Make a Family Tree and Timeline
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A family tree and timeline can be a great way for children to find a way to relate to 'the good old days'. Find detailed directions at this wonderful website: http://www.alphabetkids.com/?q=parents/craft-activities/family-tree
If your child can speak with a grandparent or great-grandparent, they can find out lots of stuff…did they watch TV when they were a kid? What did they do when they got home from school? What did they learn in school? And, relating it to the story, did they ever go out on strike? If so, what for? Interaction between the generations is a valuable thing!
And for more wonderful picture book reviews, visit Susanna Hill.
So, my friends, I hope some of you will participate in the 50 PRECIOUS WORDS CHALLENGE.
Oh, I knew I forgot something! Here is my little sample example for you…it's a story I had been working with on and off. It was over 500 words…but obviously, I cut it drastically. I'm excited to read all of your wonderful entries which will absolutely positively be better than mine.
Pilar the Pirate (50 words) by Vivian Kirkfield
Pilar wanted to be a pirate captain. No treasure. No crew.
She enrolled in pirate school. On a scavenger hunt, Pilar and her partners filled the bag. Soon they were lost. Lenny blubbered. Jenny sobbed. Pilar said. "Follow me!"
"Aye, aye," Lenny and Jenny piped up. "We're right behind you."
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Esther Cepeda: The tough world of boys
It's been a windfall week for boys, those too-oft overlooked stakeholders in American education.
First I found "Boys Have Deep Emotional Lives," an article in The Atlantic about "mean girls" expert Rosalind Wiseman's latest book, "Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World."
Then I lucked into "How to Make School Better for Boys," also from The Atlantic, by Christina Hoff Sommers on the updated edition of her book "The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies Are Harming Our Young Men."
Lastly, on the Daily Beast, I came across "How We Fail Our Boys," a critical review of Helen Smith's book "Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream -- and Why It Matters."
For the mom of two very young men -- ages 12 and 14-but-thinks-he's-going-on-21 -- this was a jackpot on a topic I agonize over every day: What will become of my boys? And one that seems to usually be far off anyone's radar because, as the cliche goes, it's already a man's world so what's there to worry about?
Believe me, there's plenty to fret over. Though numerous male writers have tackled this subject, maybe with women increasingly speaking out about the difficulties that young men face it can start being a serious topic of discussion.
The statistics are comforting if you have daughters and terrifying if you're raising boys. Take these from Sommers:
-- "Women in the United States now earn 62 percent of associate's degrees, 57 percent of bachelor's degrees, 60 percent of master's degrees, and 52 percent of doctorates."
-- "Boys in (BEG ITAL)all(END ITAL) ethnic groups and social classes are far less likely than their sisters to feel connected to school, to earn good grades, or to have high academic aspirations."
-- "The College Board delivered this disturbing message in a 2011 report about Hispanic and African-American boys and young adults: 'Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high school will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead.' Working-class white boys are faring only slightly better."
Those numbers feel obvious to me. Boys today grow up immersed in an environment where the TV shows, movies and video games marketed to young men feature male protagonists who are violent, alcohol-guzzling, pot-smoking, and/or sexist "bros." And let me tell you that they don't model working hard in school to get good grades and the chance at a productive life.
Plus, so many boys just hate school. Mine certainly do and so do their peers and I sort of don't blame them. If I had to toil for my grades in the communicate-your-feelings-in-therapy-speak environment of today's "everybody's special" K-8 zeitgeist, I wouldn't like school either.
Sommers says that several things can help boys appreciate school more. For one, we must acknowledge boys' different learning styles -- boys like to work with their full bodies more than they like to sit quietly and listen, and they thrive on competition. Girls, on the other hand, are likelier to enjoy tasks that require communicating with each other and solving problems that require empathy.
Another suggestion from Sommers is to offer pathways to more technical and hands-on post-secondary educational experiences instead of assuming that the only route to a meaningful future is through college.
My humble contribution is to get more male teachers into classrooms. Currently, men represent only 2.3 percent of pre-school and kindergarten teachers and only 18.3 percent of elementary and middle school teachers, with the largest share of men teaching in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Even in high school, where men fare better as 42 percent of faculty, we could stand to provide all students with a mix somewhat closer to the U.S. population of men, which is 49 percent.
After years of being taught by only female teachers who valued, seemingly above all else, girls' advanced verbal, social and stay-in-your-seat abilities, both my sons now finally have a better mix of teachers.
Their male teachers may be no more gifted at teaching than their female counterparts, but they bring teaching styles and personalities that are diverse in education simply because they're men.
Maybe most importantly, male teachers provide much-needed role models of responsible, thoughtful men in an intellectual, caregiving profession -- and modeling such good male behavior is crucial for the healthy development of both boys' (BEG ITAL)and(END ITAL) girls' view of gender roles.
Esther Cepeda's email address is email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter, @estherjcepeda.
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Teddy Roosevelt took an early lead last night in the Nationals Park presidents race, but as has happened so many times this year — both to Teddy and the Nationals — he was unable to finish and speedster Abe Lincoln won handily.
Abe's 34h victory of the season assured him of the 2008 Washington Nationals presidents race title. With no more than 80 official president races to be held this season (Teddy's June grudge match vs. the Orioles Bird was "unsanctioned" and the playoffs are …unlikely), Abe now has a 23 game lead over George Washington with only 22 home games remaining.
Abe's first presidents race title comes thanks to a suspicious surge of speed this year. Since Thomas Jefferson won in 2006 and George Washington won in 2007, Teddy Roosevelt will enter the fourth presidents race season in 2009 as the only racing president who has not won a season title.
Is it fair to say that Teddy is due? Maybe Abe will let up a bit and give Teddy a chance at late season victory and some momentum to carry into next year.
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The Washington Nationals celebrated September 17 — half way to St. Patricks Day — tonight with free green 'Curly W' hats, live Irish music from 4 Ever Erin, celtic dancers and more throughout the game. It had all the makings of a festive Wednesday night for the 25,000 fans in attendance, but the Nationals 14 hits were too late and too scattered to overcome an early deficit vs. the Mets.
With Clint and the other members of the Nat Pack wearing green from head to toe, and Nationals mascot Screech sporting a green beard, it seemed as if every Irish cliche' in the book had been trotted out, but then came the presidents race in the 4th inning.
The presidents appeared wearing green boas, and Tom and George jumped out in front, with Teddy and Abe trailing. Then, just as Abe was putting on his customary burst of speed, a leprechaun appeared in the outfield and tackled the great emancipator. It was great to see Abe — and not Teddy — get his due for a change.
Of course, rather than take advantage of Abe's misfortune, Teddy turned and chased the leprechaun, in the opposite direction of the finish line. George Washington, sporting long green socks, beat Tom to the tape to win his first race in a month.
I can't believe I forgot to bring my camera, but flickr member Drew Saunders caught George in the home stretch.


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Bush administration was caught off-guard on 9/11 — but not on the anniversaries of 9/11
Pat Cunningham
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11 was "a failure of leadership" on the part of the Obama administration, especially since it was the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
"They should have been ready before anything ever happened," Cheney said of the Obama team. "When we were there, on our watch, we were always ready on 9/11, on the anniversary."
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"Fly your flag – Veteran's Day" (2012-11-11). Anthony Watts implies that if you didn't fly the Stars and Stripes today you're a traitor. Of course two days ago he was pleased to regard flying the American flag upside down or at half-mast as legitimate political protest over majority vote against Republicans in the Senate, the House of Representatives and for President.
I repeat Samuel Johnson's observation from a few days ago – "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
For myself, I respect the risks and sacrifices of, in my case, Canadian soldiers year 'round and treat with deep skepticism any efforts to consume them, or our enemies or civilian bystanders, in pursuit of political goals.


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Flying Dragon Productions ( Michael Bane ) => Shooting Gallery on Outdoor Channel => Topic started by: 45 Defender on February 03, 2013, 02:48:21 AM
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GLEN ROSE, Texas (AP) - Former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle was fatally shot along with another man Saturday on a Texas gun range, a sheriff told local newspapers.
Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant said Kyle, 38, and a second man were found dead at Rough Creek Lodge's shooting range west of Glen Rose, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Stephenville Empire-Tribune. Glen Rose is about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
Bryant did not immediately return phone calls to The Associated Press seeking comment late Saturday and early Sunday. A woman who answered the phone at the lodge where the shooting occurred declined comment and referred calls to the sheriff's office.
Investigators did not immediately release the name of the second victim, according to the newspapers.
Witnesses told sheriff's investigators that a gunman opened fire on the men around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, then fled in a pickup truck belonging to one of the victims, according to the Star-Telegram. The newspapers said a 25-year-old man was later taken into custody in Lancaster, southeast of Dallas, and that charges were expected.
Lancaster police did not immediately return calls for comment.
The motive for the shooting was unclear.
Kyle wrote the best-selling book, "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History," detailing his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009.
Kyle was sued by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura over a portion of the book that claims Kyle punched Ventura in a 2006 bar fight over unpatriotic remarks. Ventura says the punch never happened and that the claim by Kyle defamed him.
Kyle had asked that Ventura's claims of invasion of privacy and "unjust enrichment" be dismissed, saying there was no legal basis for them. But a federal judge said the lawsuit should proceed. Both sides were told to be ready for trial by Aug. 1.
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Gold theft supsects named, warrants issued
The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office on March 29 issued arrest warrants in the Feb. 1, 2012 gold theft from the Siskiyou County Courthouse.
David Dean Johnson, 49, of El Cerrito, Calif. and Scott Wayne Baily, 51, of El Sobrante, Calif. are being sought as the primary suspects in the case and are named in the $1 million arrest warrants issued through the Siskiyou County District Attorney's Office and Siskiyou County Superior Court. After a long and comprehensive investigation, the suspects were identified as persons of interest in the case and later, prime suspects.
Over $1 million worth of donated, historic gold specimines were stolen from a display case in the front entry of the courthouse. The unique display of nuggets found in Siskiyou County was the largest of its kind before the theft.
On March 28, 2013, Major Crimes Unit Detectives from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office traveled to the Bay Area searching for suspects in the burglary and grand theft case after the arrest warrants were issued. Although the suspects were not located, additional evidence was seized and detectives are optimistic that the arrest warrants will lead to the arrest of the primary suspects in the case.
On January 15, 2013 Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) detectives and members of the Siskiyou County-Wide Interagency Narcotic Task Force (SCINTF) served a series of search warrants at Shasta County and Bay Area residences pursuant to the on-going investigation into the theft.
One residence was located in Redding and the other in the City of Shasta Lake. Two residences were also searched in Contra Costa County, one in El Cerrito and one in El Sobrante. The search warrants were the result of a then nearly year-long investigation of the courthouse gold burglary that occurred.
The investigation revealed that at least some of the gold proceeds may have been used to purchase various high-value items.
According to an insurance investigation, and estimated $1,257,500 in gold, jewelry and artifacts were taken in the burglary and theft.
Sheriff Jon Lopey stated "This has been a long an arduous investigation involving the crimes perpetrated by the suspects responsible for burglarizing our court house and stealing an historic gold display and other antiquities which cannot be replaced. These thieves stole a part of Siskiyou County history, which represents the hard work, sacrifice, traditions, and pioneer spirit which characterizes the personality of Siskiyou County and its citizens – past and present.
"Although we still have a lot of work to do in this case, the issuance of the felony arrest warrants should result in the arrest of the suspects. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Supervisors and the County Administrator, whose authorization to elevate the reward to $50,000.00 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects contributed to some investigative leads in the case."
Lopey said the SCSO Detective Unit did an excellent job investigating this case and SCSO also received assistance and support from the Siskiyou County District Attorney's Office of Investigations, California Department of Justice Crime Lab (Redding), Siskiyou County Wide Interagency Narcotic Task Force, Shasta County Sheriff's Office, Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office and other local agencies in the Bay Area.


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I published a post today on our CSA's blog, Monroe Organic Farms. Just a quick one with a stir-fry recipe at the end.
If you're here from the Monroe blog for the first time, feel free to look around and see what crazy farm-style hijinks we are up to here in the city… bees and chickens and garden, and a few other odd projects. Plus green cleaning, clothes lines and other green-style stuff. Welcome.
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Jason Schmidt (1-1, 7.88) vs. Tommy Hanson (5-1, 2.95).
COMMENTS: Talk about a study in contrasts. Today the Dodgers start a once overpowering pitcher ending his career as a overpaid paperweight, and the Braves start a 22-year-old hotshot rookie with a plus-fastball and his entire career ahead of him. Do you like where this is going? I do not.
Atlanta, third place in the NL East with a 52-50 record, is 10-11 against NL West teams this season. Today would be a wonderful day to witness the Dodger bats thaw further, as we would hate to continue "all the weeping, moaning and teeth-gnashing about the weak offense of a team that's [24] games over .500," as my Mets fan friend puts it.
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Amrut Old Port Deluxe Rum
Review: Amrut Old Port Deluxe Rum (2011 Bottling) 86.5/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on November 30, 2011
The Amrut Distillery is situated in Bangalore, 'the garden city' of India. The distillery sits in a tropical locale 3000 ft above sea level with its water source being the Himalayan Mountains. According to Indian Mythology, when the Gods and the Demons churned the oceans, they used the mountain, Meru, as the churner. As the Ocean was churned, a golden pot sprang up containing the Elixir of Life which was called the "Amrut". This legend of course serves as the inspiration for the naming of the Amrut Distillery.
Amrut Old Port Deluxe Rum is the subject of this review, and it has undergone some changes since I last reviewed it 2 years ago. For Starters, the new bottle is slightly larger and contains slightly more (50 ml) rum. And, according to the importers of this spirit, Purple Valley Imports, the blend has changed to. The rum is continues to be distilled, aged, and bottled at Amrut's facility in Bangalore India using 100% Indian Cane. But the new style is apparently more whisky-like in body and delivery. I am hoping that the new blend still captures that wonderful exotic flavour of Indian Cane which I noted in my first review.
(Note: Purple Valley Imports provided my with the sample bottle from which this review was written.)
In the Bottle 4/5
I have both the older bottle (the shorter one), and the newer bottle pictured to the left. To be honest, I like the older bottle a little better. It has a funkier bottle shape with the softer curves, and I have always had a thing for those dark coloured bottles. They just look 'cooler' to me. The new bottle looks more like a large soda bottle than a rum bottle, although I admit there is something to be said for a clear bottle which allows you to actually see the colour of the rum you are buying in the store.
In the Glass 8.5/10
The new Amrut Old Port Deluxe Rum shows a nice bronze mahogany colour in the glass. I gave my glass a slow tilt and an even slower swirl. Slowly the oily sheen on the side of the glass released stubborn leglets which did not crawl down the side of the glass.
The aroma from the glass is filled with butterscotch candy. Light impressions of orange peel are present with vanilla and light oak spices. As I let the glass breathe, the aroma of sweet butterscotch-toffee deepens and a very light tobacco scent is apparent as well as some building baking spices. This is indeed much different from the older blend which contained much more heavy molasses in the aroma.
In the Mouth 52.5/60
The rum enters my mouth with a sweet honey and butterscotch flavour that contains quite a layer of zesty orange peel underneath. The taste of vanilla is obvious, and as I let the glass sit, I also notice light flavours of tobacco weaving in the sweet toffee of the rum. Some oakiness begins to reveal itself over time as well as lightly bitter raisins and dates which gives the Amrut Old Port a slightly smoky taste in the mouth.
When I mixed with cola, I noticed the new rum tasted very pleasant and relaxed. I think I even began to notice some of those wonderful exotic flavours which I believe are the signature of Indian cane. When I mixed the Amrut with ginger-ale, I decided the rum tasted even better!
In the Throat 13/15
When I sip the spirit neat, prunes and raisins slide down my throat in a long spicy finish. The burn feels a little stronger than I was expecting, probably strengthened by the spiciness. The oak flavour seems to linger on my palate for a long time before it vanishes along with whispers of chocolate and smoke.
The Afterburn 8.5/10
The new Amrut Old Port Deluxe Rum is a very different beast than the rum I reviewed two years ago. The old version of the rum was dark and rich with flavours of caramel and sweet molasses dominating the rum. The new rum is more whisky-like with oak and honeyed butterscotch leading the way.
If you are interested in comparing more scores, here is a link to my other published Rum Reviews.
Suggested Recipe
When I was in Miami last year at the big rum festival, I was told that 40 % of the rum sold in Canada and the U.S. is mixed with cola. In the Caribbean however, you are more apt to see rum mixed with Ginger Ale. In the case of the Amrut Old Port Deluxe, Rum and Ginger-ale is definitely a good idea.
Rum & Ginger on Ice
1 part Amrut Old port Deluxe Rum
3 parts Ginger Ale
Pour the rum over ice into an Old Fashioned Glass
Complete with Ginger Ale
My Final Score is out of 100 and you may (loosely) interpret the score as follows:
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
For the sake of transparency and honesty I have left my former review intact for your reading pleasure. You may read it at your leisure.
Review: Amrut Old Port Deluxe Rum (2009 Bottling) 92pts
a review by Chip Dykstra (AkA Arctic Wolf)
Posted October 2009
Old Port is distilled and aged at Amrut's facility in Bangalore India using 100% Indian Cane. This cane has a unique taste all its own making this a truly different taste experience for a 'Western' palate like mine.
In the Bottle: (4.0/5)
The bottle presentation for the Old Port Deluxe is pictured to the left. I love the funky bottle. A nice cardboard box with a map of India or something like that would have been a nice touch.
In the Glass (9.0/10)
A nice rich semi dark liquid. The aroma is really hard to place as it has an exotic scent (probably the Indian Cane here) quite unlike other rums I have experience thus far. I would say it reminded me of the oriental 7 spice mixture buried in dark caramel.
In the Mouth (56.0/60)
I can taste real complexity here. Touches of soy sauce, caramel, cinnamon and Brazil nuts. Very complex, but there is a slight touch of bitterness hiding around the corner. Sometimes I get it and sometimes I don't. This easily ranks up in texture and richness with the best rums I have tasted but I will warn you that it is a very different sort of taste. Oak is lurking in the background somewhere too.
In the Throat (14.0/15)
This rum feels very rich during the exit. The unique oriental style of spice dominates in the throat and the burn feels nice. The oak really reaches up to tickle the tonsils.
The Afterburn (9.0/10)
This is so unique, and yet so much like rum that I love it. It has a very exotic taste and feel. If this is a typical example of Indian Rum then we have been cheating ourselves in the west.
4 Responses to "Amrut Old Port Deluxe Rum"
December 1, 2011 at 8:43 am
Strange that they would change their style with the same name. We were eying their rum when Old Monk had distribution problems, but we didn't run out of Old Monk. I think the Old Port sells around here for $18-20/750.
August 1, 2010 at 10:43 am
I thought it was excellent…that caramel taste really takes hold and the richness of the overall texture is just fine
July 2, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Old Port Rum, is available now in BC Governmentliquor stores


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This sector covers all our fund management or asset management jobs. Known also as 'the buyside', fund management is all about investing other people's money, and earning a fee for the privilege. In many cases, investors are pension funds or 'institutional investors'. They may also be private individuals, governments or corporations. The asset management jobs section includes all jobs in fund management firms - whether those fund managers are investing in equities, fixed income products, or commodities. It also includes jobs in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) - investment funds which are tradable on stock exchanges and which are less costly to investors than standard mutual funds. Jobs are also included for asset management trainees and graduates, with a path set to develop careers in asset management.
Traditionally, fund managers have pursued 'long only' strategies, in which they purchased a financial services product, held onto it and hoped it would rise in value. Many institutional investors continue to place the bulk of their money with long only fund managers pursuing this kind of strategy. However, it is also becoming more common for institutional investors to place their money with alternative investment funds which can profit when markets fall.
Very broadly speaking, careers in fund management fall into two categories: active fund managers and passive fund managers.
Active asset managers are those who have to use their skill to beat the market average and often take bigger risks with their investments for better rewards.
By comparison, passive management, or index tracking, involves selecting a portfolio of assets whose value will match that of a financial index - such as the UK's FTSE 100, Eurostoxx 50 in the eurozone, the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the US and the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong. Simply creating returns that match the market is known as 'generating beta'.
Investment roles - these roles are all about investing the money managed by the asset management firm. People in investment jobs are usually either financial analysts - who scrutinise the best companies and products in which to invest - or portfolio managers, who have the final responsibility for investment decisions on a range of funds across their area of expertise, be it equities, fixed income or alternatives.
Distribution roles - distribution covers roles such as sales, marketing, product development and client servicing. It's all about selling a fund manager's services to clients. Most distribution jobs are focused on winning new business or maintaining existing relationships.
Asset managers also employ research analysts. This less than glamorous role involves working closely with the portfolio managers, visiting companies to assess their investment potential, and sifting through buy and sell information and company reports.
As in investment banking, there's also a whole range of middle-office jobs in fund management in areas such as compliance, operations, performance measurement and risk management.


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The Flame espionage malware that infected computers in Iran achieved mathematic breakthroughs that could only have been accomplished by world-class cryptographers, two of the world's foremost cryptography experts said.
"We have confirmed that Flame uses a yet unknown MD5 chosen-prefix collision attack," Marc Stevens wrote in an e-mail posted to a cryptography discussion group earlier this week. "The collision attack itself is very interesting from a scientific viewpoint, and there are already some practical implications." Benne de Weger, a Stevens colleague and another expert in cryptographic collision attacks who was briefed on the findings, concurred.
"Collision" attacks, in which two different sources of plaintext generate identical cryptographic hashes, have long been theorized. But it wasn't until late 2008 that a team of researchers made one truly practical. By using a bank of 200 PlayStation 3 consoles to find collisions in the MD5 algorithm—and exploiting weaknesses in the way secure sockets layer certificates were issued—they constructed a rogue certificate authority that was trusted by all major browsers and operating systems. Stevens, from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam, and de Weger, of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven were two of the seven driving forces behind the research that made that 2008 attack possible.
Flame is the first known example of an MD5 collision attack being used maliciously in a real-world environment. It wielded the esoteric technique to digitally sign malicious code with a fraudulent certificate that appeared to originate with Microsoft. By deploying fake servers on networks that hosted machines already infected by Flame—and using the certificates to sign Flame modules—the malware was able to hijack the Windows Update mechanism Microsoft uses to distribute patches to hundreds of millions of customers.
According to Stevens and de Weger, the collision attack performed by Flame has substantial scientific novelty. They arrived at that conclusion after Stevens used a custom-designed forensic tool he developed to detect and analyze hash collisions.
"More interestingly, the results have shown that not our published chosen-prefix collision attack was used, but an entirely new and unknown variant," Stevens wrote in a statement distributed on Thursday. "This has led to our conclusion that the design of Flame is partly based on world-class cryptanalysis. Further research will be conducted to reconstruct the entire chosen-prefix collision attack devised for Flame."
The analysis reinforces theories that researchers from Kaspersky Lab, CrySyS Lab, and Symantec published almost two weeks ago. Namely, Flame could only have been developed with the backing of a wealthy nation-state. Stevens' and de Weger's conclusion means that, in addition to a team of engineers who developed a global malware platform that escaped detection for at least two years, Flame also required world-class cryptographers who have broken new ground in their field.
"It's not a garden-variety collision attack, or just an implementation of previous MD5 collisions papers—which would be difficult enough," Matthew Green, a professor specializing in cryptography in the computer science department at Johns Hopkins University, told Ars. "There were mathematicians doing new science to make Flame work."
This article was updated at 11:01 am PDT on June 10 to clarify Stevens' and de Weger's roles and to change language in the 5th paragraph.


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Happy New Year from Chasing Aphrodite.
It's been a year and a half since our book was published, and during that time the hunt for looted antiquities at the world's museums has gone global. Over the past 12 months we've revealed new information about objects looted from Turkey, Cambodia, India, Latin America, Italy and beyond. Visitors from 150 different countries came to read our weekly posts. (Those interested in a daily feed of relevant links and commentary should like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.) Our focus here is on scoops, and over the past year we broke several significant stories about the illicit trade, some of which led to the return of looted antiquities to the countries from which they were stolen.
Here are some highlights:
The year started with a bang in January with the arrest Arnold Peter Weiss, a prominent Rhode Island surgeon and collector of ancient coins who was arrested at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for felony possession of allegedly ancient coins that had been recently looted from Sicily. Our scoop a few days later revealed that Weiss had told a confidential informant that he knew he was dealing in looted coins: "There's no paperwork, I know this is a fresh coin, this was dug up a few years ago," he said, according to the criminal complaint. We later traced Weiss' donations to RISD and Harvard University Art Museums; revealed his business partner's connection to the Getty; exposed the role of federal investigators in the case; and covered his guilty plea to selling what turned out to be clever fakes.
Almagia Returns: In January we also wrote about American museums returning a new wave of looted antiquities to Italy after the objects were tied to the criminal investigation of Italian antiquities dealer Edoardo Almagia. The Met returned more than 40 vase fragments from the private collection of its former antiquities curator Dietrich von Bothmer. The Princeton Museum returned 160 objects and fragments, and stonewalled questions from the press about those returns. (The museum's curator Michael Padgett, above, has been named as a target of the investigation.) In February we began tracking objects museums had acquired from Almagia and found several at the Dallas Museum of Art. We also traced Almagia objects to the Boston MFA, the San Antonio Museum of Art, the Indiana University Art Museum and the Getty Museum. David Gill identified one additional Almagia object at the Tampa Museum. The Dallas Museum announced in December that five of the objects we had questioned would been returned to Italy.
Turkey's claims: In March, we broke the news that Turkey was seeking the return of dozens of allegedly looted antiquities from American museums. We also listed the specific objects being sought at those museums, including: 10 objects at the J. Paul Getty Museum; 18 objects from the Schimmel Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; 21 objects at the Cleveland Musuem of Art; and the Sion Treasure at Harvard's Dumbarton Oaks. Since then, the Dallas Museum of Art has already agreed to return a looted mosaic to Turkey, and Bowling Green State University has signalled its intention to do the same. Negotiations with the other institutions are on-going, and we expect to have an update soon.
Cambodia vs. Sotheby's — The Battle for Koh Ker. In April, we began following the legal battle between the US government and Sotheby's over a 10th century Khmer statue allegedly looted from a temple complex deep in the Cambodian jungle. Government prosecutors, suing on behalf of Cambodia, alleged that Sotheby's knew the statue was looted and and withheld the information from potential buyers, as well as government investigators. The auction house has denied those claims. Damning internal emails, however, revealed Sotheby's knowledge about the statue's suspect origins and the likely controversy its sale would cause. Also named in the case is a companion statue now at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, whose feet remain in situ in Cambodia. The man at the center of the case is Douglas Latchford, a British collector/dealer based in Bangkok whose name has been linked with sever pieces of suspect Khmer antiquities. In recent months we've traced Latchford's objects to the Denver Museum of Art, the Kimbell Museum and the Met. The outcome of the case could prove an important precedent for legal claims against looted antiquities in the United States.
Jim Cuno's shakeup at the Getty: In May, the board of the J. Paul Getty Trust hired James Cuno to lead the organization. It was an odd choice — The Getty was still recovering from a devastating international scandal over its acquisition of looted antiquities, and had enacted a new acquisition policy that respected foreign ownership laws. Cuno had long been a vocal critic of those laws and advocate for the type of unfettered collecting that had gotten the Getty into trouble. One of Cuno's first moves was the elimination of 34 positions at the Getty Museum, including two respected veterans and 12 professional gallery teachers who were replaced by volunteer docents. We broke the news, published Cuno's memo to staff and covered the fallout. We also wrote about his decision to hire Timothy Potts, another advocate of unfettered collecting, and raised questions about Pott's acquisition of a 5th century BC Greek cup at his previous post, the Kimbell Art Museum. In response to our questions, the Kimbell announced they would post the vase on the AAMD's registry of ancient objects with unclear ownership histories. They never did.
The Bourne Collection: Also in May, we featured a guest post by Roger Atwood on the Walter's newly acquired collection of unprovenanced Pre-Colombian Art. Atwood described the "long and checkered history" of the Borne collection, which is sprinkled with fakes and at least one piece suspected of having been looted from Sipan, Peru.
Subhash Kapoor Case: In July we began writing about the investigation of Subhash Kapoor, the New York based antiquities dealer specializing in Indian antiquities and temple idols. After federal agents raided his New York warehouse, we identified more than 240 objects acquired from him in museums around the world. In December, federal investigators announced they had seized some $150 million in antiquities from him and consider Kapoor "one of the most prolific commodities smuggler in the world." The case is on-going.
WikiLoot: Finally, this year we announced our plans to crowd-source the study of the black market in looted antiquities. We're still in the development phase of the project — raising money, building partnerships and considering the structure of the site. But WikiLoot, as we're calling the project for now, has already attracted substantial interest and media attention from the Guardian, the Economist, CNN, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and others. This spring we'll be developing a prototype of the site and reaching out to more potential partners. Stay tuned for updates.
Thanks for reading. Our best wishes for 2013, and we hope you will join the hunt!


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Dancing's Derek Hough: We're Stepping It Up This Week
Hey everyone!
Thanks for all your comments last week. Hope you enjoyed our dance!
I'm actually in Michigan right now following Kellie around wherever she goes. I'm a little under the weather with the flu, but I think I'll be all good for Monday. I'm just feeling a little stuffed up and sore right now, but nothing some drugs won't fix, right?
We actually have jazz this week (typo last week - sorry!)and it's going to be a fun one. I stepped up the choreography a little bit to show off Kellie's abilities more. I know some of you don't like having these new styles on the show, but I like them. I never want to repeat myself and I like having the challenge of another dance style, especially something like jazz that allows for some more flexibility for me as a choreographer. It's a great dance for Kellie. I think she's really going to wow everyone with what she does. I swear she was a dancer in a past life because she has the perfect body, ability and IQ for it. But it's cool that she is a singer and has never danced before because I think that's more impressive to more people. Having been partnered with Nicole and Shawn, they certainly had training in the sense of learning choreography, not ballroom dancing obviously, but Kellie's never had this type of training before. I still tell her that she needs to start a second career as a dancer after this.
Rehearsals are going well and everything's looking pretty good so far. I would say the only potential downfall of Kellie's is that she has the attention of span of a goldfish. Seriously! I say two words and her head is staring out the window, like, "Oooh! Shiny car!" I keep teasing her about that, but we're having a great time.
I thought our cha-cha went great. I've had some people tell me that they thought we were underscored because we went first. I think that's definitely an effect of going first, but I'm perfectly happy with three 7s. When I first joined the show, I used to be obsessed with scores. I had an expectation and I would get so pissed if we got something lower. I was still in that competition mode from real ballroom competitions. But I eventually snapped out of it. The show is not just about becoming the best dancer; there's so much more that goes into it besides scores. I want my partners to enjoy themselves and fans to be entertained, so I never sweat it over scores anymore. But a 21 in the first week is nothing to complain about.
I did think the 12 for D.L. was a little harsh. I don't think he should've been scored that low, but it's always hard to say why the judges score the way they do. Maybe if we still had the half-points from last season, he would've been scored higher, but I don't know. I actually don't think the half-points make that much of a difference, so I don't mind that they're gone. It sounds good when you're getting the score, like, "Oh, we got a half-point more," but ultimately it doesn't really make a difference unless there's a huge margin between you and someone else once you factor in votes. A half-point lead over someone doesn't mean as much as a one-point lead, obviously.
I thought everyone did well on Monday. Zendaya was amazing. She's definitely the one to beat right now. My favorite was Andy Dick. Hearing him being so candid about his past and watching him go out there and dance and do a great job was so moving. I love stories and moments like that. That's my favorite thing about this show: Seeing a group of new people come in every year - wide-eyed and completely unaware about what they're about to embark on - push themselves and learn something and go out there and dance. I do think that's something that was missing from All-Stars. I loved All-Stars and seeing everyone come back and working with Shawn. We had so much fun and did some of my favorite routines, but it's a different vibe with new people.
Off to rest up a bit. See you Monday!
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There's a new wee tot whose hips - or in this case, feet - don't lie.
Shakira's beau, Spanish National soccer player Gerard Piqué, tweeted out a photo of their newborn son Milan on Wednesday. Milan, the first child for the Colombian singer and Piqué, was born Tuesday in Barcelona.
Shakira welcomes her first child
Shakira, 35, announced she was expecting in September after going public with Piqué in March 2011. She will next be seen stateside in March as a new coach on The Voice.
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